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... constitutional history as The Principate ' . It was an ingenious , but not a lasting , device . < Guglielmo Ferrero , the brilliant and highly imaginative historian of the fall of the Roman Republic , disliked Octavian . He tells us ...
... constitutional history as The Principate ' . It was an ingenious , but not a lasting , device . < Guglielmo Ferrero , the brilliant and highly imaginative historian of the fall of the Roman Republic , disliked Octavian . He tells us ...
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Harold Nicolson. C The constitutional principles of James I were as confused and shambling as his diction and ... constitutional government ' . For this bold paradox there is some justification . ( The lack of lucid thought , the ...
Harold Nicolson. C The constitutional principles of James I were as confused and shambling as his diction and ... constitutional government ' . For this bold paradox there is some justification . ( The lack of lucid thought , the ...
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... constitutional theory , moreover , it is the sovereign alone who can declare war , or make peace , or cede territory . In practice of course the issues of peace and war rest with Parliament as representing , or being deemed to represent ...
... constitutional theory , moreover , it is the sovereign alone who can declare war , or make peace , or cede territory . In practice of course the issues of peace and war rest with Parliament as representing , or being deemed to represent ...
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The King as Magician II | 11 |
The King as God | 27 |
The King as Warrior | 47 |
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